Eyeglass-mounting.



l. ROSENBLATT.

EYEGLASS MOUNTING. APPLICATION FILED Dec. I9, Ism.

Pamzd sepI. 17,1918.

JOSEPH` ROSENBLAT, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE SLND.

EYEGLASYS-MOUNTING.

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specificati@ ners raient.' Patented Sap@ @111918,

Application led iecember 19, 1916. Serial No. 137,769.

To all whom t may concern.' i

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Rosniim'r'r, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have rinvented certain new and useful Improvements in EyeglassMountings, of which the `following is a speciication This invention relatesito eyeglass'niountings moreparticularly to the i'raxneless type of eyeglasses and spectacles, and the obJect i of this invention is to provide a' mounting i with resilient means for engaging the edge of the lens'at a point substantially on its horizontal aXis with a yielding pressure, to

obtain the following advantages; First, by

" of handling; third, by retaining this lens in position by spring pressure the stud, rivet or Ascrew ,which secures the lens to the ears may be left'comparativelyloose and the spring will compensate for uneven expansion of the 'different parts due to varying temperrntures,4 thereby materially reducing the breakage of lenses. y, ,With these and other objects in view, the invention `consists of certainnovei features of construction, as will be moreV ully de scribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. 'f

' In'the accompanying drawings:

- V Fig-. Q-isa view similartoEFigJ-ilint.- y wherein .the end portion of thes arm Figurezl'- is a side elevation siiciviiig aj portion cfa lens retained in a lens clip andl One-form er my improved' Serine femmine. arm engagingaroundng reCBSS inthe' edge?? metal er ne ermyitefsfges" @i il? of thev lens to hold'it in position in the, clip engagesa-J-shaped notch inthe ensi-,

Fig.'3-ishows the end of lthe spring anni'` 'as vturned directly outward :to engage the notch inthe lens formedto receive LFig. 4.-- is a sectionaly dge view of the lens as retained between ltwo sidev ears, the spring arm being in section.

Fig. 5- is a sectional edge view showingthe lens retained inl a clip having but one side ear.,

.- Vobserved A.that the nsu clip of my improved form with a portion of a lens mounted therein.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates .the nose bridge member which joins theY two lens straps or clips 11. Some of these clips are provided with a pair of side ears 12 as illustrated in Fig` 4 between which the lens 13 is mounted, Ywhileother clips may be provided with but a single ear :is illustrated in Fig. 5, whereby it is better adapted to receive lensesl of dilerent thicknesses. VThe heel portion let of Vthis Vclip to which the-.bridge portion 10 is attached is provided with an arm 15 extending at substantially a right angle to the horizontal axis through the lens. This arm is'beiit over at 16 substantially upon itself and its end portion is provided with a protuberance or outwardly extending portion as at 17 which is adapted to engage a correspondingly shaped recess 18 in the edgeof the lens. i This recess in the lens is preferably formed substantially on its major or horizontal axis,

whereby this spring arm exerts al spring tension or pressure against the screw 19 or other member which secures the lens to the ear or ears.

In soin'e instances, form the notch '18- rounding as illustrated in Fig. 1; in otheriiistances this notch may be made in a V-sha e as at 20 in Fig. 2,01 as illustrated at 21 in Fig. 3 .the notch may be rectangular in shape, or the notch and its engaging portion y Y i on theVv arm may be made in. any suitable or convenient shape for receiving and yieldably. retaining theend of the arm'therein.V f.

lin some instances' as illustrated in Erre zontalaxis by a yielding both above and below the axial lineofthe Byf thisiiconstri'ictioiilwhereby the `edge of f `the lens js engaged substantially on' its hori-V 4.

pressure,1it will be a saddle VVportion "pfif- Y the clip for eiligagingl the edge oftheflens lens may be omitted if desired and the lensv and 3, lprovide,apad.22'"such;as{felt, cork `or the like. on the` engaging. surface of this spring arm fthereby,v :providing 'afy-ielding.: 'surface which preventsdirect contact-oftheljf ens,

is held ventirely 'by the Flexible oryielda'ble ressure of this sprin arm, therebyprovid# ing means which per orni the function cfa.;

shock absorbing device, materially real .ucingA back to the axial center of the lens, but this arm may extend first downwardly if desired and then backtoengage the edge of the lens.V

I have described the spring arm as engaging the notch in the edge of the lens substantially on its horizontal axis, but I do n ot wish to be restricted to this particular posi-` tion of the notch, as this notch may b e madey in any convenient place along-the edge ofthe lens and engaged by a correspondingv protuberanceon a exible arm. In F ig. 3,y I have also illustrated a down- .Wardly extending spring arm 23 to engage -the edge of the lens with a. yielding pressure, which arm may be employed in addig tion to the arm engaging the notch if desired. 4

Another'essential. advantager of my springmountedl therein lwithout necessitatingithe )the ordinary-fof" may beemployedfthanis withtiief other style of'inountingwhich Byrne-sha1; af .thtfuipv I mean impor-1 tion Where thev i12 are connected "together.

f limitation, fit `being {understood that- I' :1re-

chanical anges 'to' which 'the deyice is.

"i'gll arms' at the heel of thel clip extendclearly susceptible, lthe scope ofthe invention being defined by the-appended claims.

I claim: 1. An eyeglass mounting comprising a clip having an attaching ear in which the lens is designed-'to be mounted, a `resilient 55 arm at the heel of the Clip extending therefrom along the edge of the lens and having a portion folded back upon itself, and'means in said arm for engaging a recess in the lens with a' yielding pressure. l60 *i I2. An eyeglass mounting comprising' a clip having a lens-supporting ear, a resilient arm at the'heel of the clip extending .therefrom at substantially lafrightfangle to; the longitudinal axisof lthe supporting ear,l 8 5 said arm being folded backjupon itself and providedfwith a protuberanenear its end for engagin ay inthe edge of -*thel lens :with a yie ijAn .eyeglass mounting comprising' a '10 cliphavin'g an' vattachinA *ear'gwhi'ch the lens is designed to.' .be-"pivotally imn'inft'ed a resilient farm' 'at'the heel of the lip-f extend-j ing therefrom atv substantially angle ,jsaidlarxnbeing folded back' upon ifitselfa 'protuberance on` saidarm lnear its fend"A for vi'fgith afyieldin pressure, thellens-engag'ing .jpol'tion f of v sai arm being. provided with i a rft'ushionfof softmaterial tothe longitudinal axis of the itic lleyeglass mounting comprising *Y a p yhaving-a lens-supporting member, a

:opposite directions atfsubstantially {1 1g tangles tothe longitudinal axis through said slpporting members, onejof said arms being'. o de d'upon .itselfto engage the edge of the '-len'sf. substantially at: its center line,

theother-of-said arms-extending along y thexedgeof thelensto' engage it at a point,

remote its "wireline Inftestunon whereof I aixmy signature employed theyAv are'used ma generic and d`e, f f f -scriptivelsenseand not for the purpose 'ofifao 

